Sport: In Camp

Rain turned the red Georgia earth to clay. Manager Walter Johnson, drawn
and underweight from influenza, sat on a bench in plain clothes and a
raincoat and watched the Giants in the year's first game beat the
Newark Bears, 8 to 0. Bill Terry, infielder, knocked a home run the
first time at bat. "Gee, I wish I could get out and throw a few"
Johnson said, shifting on the bench.

In the Yankee camp in St. Petersburg, Florida, Babe Ruth stopped running
on third base. He was afraid if he went on his feet...